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Poiteres, France, January 1960

Date of account
1960-01
Location
Poiteres, France
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 28 January,1960 Poiteres,France 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Bailoon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual D Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft Local 口 Probobly Aircrait 20 GM0326Z Y Air-Vi suol D Air-lntorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Yes 口 Probobly Astronomical Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficisnt Data for Evaluation Not Stated One INI 口 Unknown IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Believed tobo F-lCo or F-lCl in clinb Apparent missile or rocket approximately one with afterburner by Major Cypert at to l 1/2 miles east of Poppa India Beacon, AF Command Post (officer who moniterad France at 0326z heading East past 10-20 de2 reportO.No reason to not concur with fron vertical South of A/c tracki

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